Brian Esogon, Erick Sang, Mary Waithera and Nancy Chelagat have already qualified for the Paralympic Games set for Paris, France later in the year.
The quartet were part of the National Kenya National Paralympics Committee (KNPC) track and field Paralympic Games day one trials at the Kipchoge Keino stadium in Eldoret on Friday.
Esogon from uasin Gishu County won the T12 100 title to earn the qualifying time for the Paris Games beating Jairus Ongeta of Nairobi to second position at 11.4 and Pius Wafula from tans Nzoia at 11.6.
Sang, who will be competing in both 1,500m and 5,000m T11 won the 5,000m title at 16:35.6 to lead Samuel Mushai ( 16:43.5) and Wilson Bii to third position at 1649.4. The trio all made the qualifying time for Paris.
Waithera, who has represented the country in various championships, also made it in the 5,000m in the T11.
Waithera said that she had a good time in her preparations ahead of the Games.
“I have been training well after attaining the qualifying standards ahead of the Games. My aim is to improve each time I am on the track,” said Waithera.
Stanley Mutuma, the KNPC Secretary General said that they will be selecting between 30-35 athletes for the international showpiece.
“We are here for the national trials to select the best athletes to represent the country at the Paralympic Games but before Paris, we have qualifying events in Dubai, Tunisia and Japan for para athletes. We have about 12 counties and because this is the county of champions, the majority of our athletes come from this region,” said Mutuma.
He said that the athletes have to attain a qualifying time with a certain minimum time.
“We have the minimum qualifying time for each category and the top three will make the cut. We have invited members of the public, coaches among others to oversee our events,” said Mutuma.